Ejected shell receptacle



Nov. 17, 1964 1.. s. ADAMS EJECTED SHELL RECEPTACLE Filed April 17, 1962 INVENTOR. LAVEZNEV 6 ADAM 5 ATT'Q RN EYS United States Patent 3,156,991 ELECTED SHELL REEPTACLE Laverne G. Adams, 165 N. Smith St, Greenville, Mich. Filed Apr. 17, 1962, Ser. No. 188,055 3 Claims. (Ql. 42-1) This invention relates to a novel protective gun-mounted receptacle for receiving and holding ammunition ejected in unloading the gun.

The primary object of the invention is .the provision of a generally superior, more efiicient, and more practical device of the kind indicated, which prevents unloaded shells from dropping from a repeating gun and being contaminated by contact with the ground or other surfaces and becoming thereby disqualified for loading into the gun because of the danger of their damaging the gun.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a simpler and more compact device of the character indicated above, which is adapted to be mounted over the receiver of a gun, such as a top-loading receiver, whereby the receiver "and associated mechanism, including the chamber, are protected against the intrusion of dirt and atmospheric elements.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a device of the character indicated above, which is transparent, so as to afford visual inspection of the gun parts covered by the device, and ascertaining Whether or not the gun is fully loaded.

Other important objects and advantageous features of the invention will be apparent from the following description and the accompanying drawings, wherein, for purposes of illustration only, a specific form of the invention is set forth in detail.

In the drawings:

FIGURE =1 is a fragmentary perspective View, showing a device of the present invention installed over the receiver of a repeater gun;

FIGURE 2 is an enlarged fragmentary right-hand side elevation of FIGURE 1, showing the cocking lever in elevated position;

FIGURE 3 is a view like FIGURE 2, showing the cocking lever in depressed shell-ejecting position and shells being ejected from the receiver into the device;

FIGURE 4 is an enlarged vertical transverse section taken on the line 4--4 of FIGURE 3; and

FIGURE 5 is a perspective view of the device per se.

Referring in detail to the drawings, wherein like numerals designate like parts throughout the several views, a repeating rifie is shown, which has a receiver 12, located between the stock 14, and its barrel to, and having a vertically swingable cocking lever 18. The receiver 12 has a top ejector opening 20, which opens to the interior of the shell-receiving chamber 22 of the receiver. Downward swinging of the lever 18 serves to eject shells S upwardly through the opening 26 from the chamber 22. It will be understood that the device of the present invention is also applicable to repeating guns whose receivers differ somewhat in construction from that herein shown and described, and whose ejector openings are otherwise located.

In accordance with the present invention, an ejected shell receptacle 24 is mounted on, extends over, and rises upwardly from the receiver 12, and can be quickly and easily installed and removed. The illustrated receptacle 24 is in the form of a rectangular box, of rigid transparent plastic "ice material, but can have other shapes consistent with its functions. The receptacle 24 is wider than the gun receiver 12 and is somewhat vertically elongated, has parallel first and second side Walls 26 and 28, respectively, parallel end walls 30, a horizontal top wall 32, and a partial bottom wall 34. The partial bottom wall 32 extends laterally inwardly from the second side Walls 28, to a point midway between the side walls, and terminates in an upstanding longitudinally disposed bearing wall 36. The bearing wall 36 is relatively narrow in height and is parallel to the side walls, as shown in FIGURE 4, and the width of the aperture 38, defined between the first side wall 26 and the bearing wall 36, extends through the end Walls 30, as indicated at 39, is slightly less than the width of the receiver 12, so that when the device 24 is forced down over the receiver, the first side wall 25 and the bearing wall 36 functionally grip the sides of the receiver and hold the de-' vice securely but removably in place.

In operation, when it is desired to unload live ammunition from the gun it the lever 1-8 is worked, so as to eject successive shells S upwardly through the receiver opening 20, to be caught and held by the device, in a weather and dirt-proof condition. If desired, the ejected shells can remain protectively in the device until time :for reloading the guns, wherein the shells can be easily removed from the device through the aperture 38.

While there has been shown and described a preferred form of the invention, it is to be understood that the invention is not necessarily confined thereto, and that any change or changes in the structure of and in the relative arrangements of components thereof are contemplated as being within the scope of the invention as defined by the claims appended hereto.

What is claimed is:

1. The combination with a repeating gun receiver having a top shell ejector opening, of an ejected shell receptacle mounted upon the receiver and having a bottom opening registered with the top opening of the receiver, said receptacle comprising end walls, first and second side walls, a top wall, and a partial bottom wall, said end walls having notches in their lower edges receiving the receiver, said notches having upper edges bearing upon the top of the receiver at the opposite ends of the ejector opening, said partial bottom wall extending laterally inwardly from one side wall and having an upstanding partition wall along its laterally inward edge, said partition wall and the other side wall of the receptacle bearing against related sides of the receiver.

2. The combination with a repeating gun receiver having a top shell ejector opening, of an ejected shell receptacle mounted upon the receiver and having a bottom opening registered with the top opening of the receiver, said receptacle comprising end walls, first and second side walls, a top wall, and a partial bottom wall, said end walls having notches in their lower edges receiving the receiver,

said notches having upper edge-s bearing upon the top of the receiver at the opposite ends of the ejector opening, said partial bottom wall extending laterally inwardly from one side wall and having an upstanding partition wall along its laterally inward edge, said partition Wall and the other side wall of the receptacle bearing against related sides of the receiver, said partial bottom wall being on the lower edge of said one side wall and extending to the end Walls.

3. The combination with a repeating gun receiver hav- Patented Nov. 17, 1964 tacle' mounted upon the receiver and having a bottom opening registered with the top opening of the receiver, said receptacle comprising end walls, first and second side Walls, a top wall, and a partial bottom wall, said end walls having notches in their lower edges receiving the receiver, said notches having upper edges bearing upon the top of the receiver at the opposite ends of the ejector opening, said partial bottom wall extending laterally inwardly from one side wall and having an upstanding partition wall alongits laterally inward edge, said partition wall and edge on a level above the top of the receiver and in substantially spaced relationship to the top Wall of the receptacle.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 222,414 12/79 Marlin 4225 X 289,676 12/83 Mason. 1,337,327 4/20 Rockwell 421 X 2,231,978 2/41 Wesson. 2,354,277 7/44 Richardson 421 FOREIGN PATENTS 137,45 8 V 1/20 Great Britain. 135,404 4/52 Sweden.

BENJAMIN A. BORCHELT, Primary Examiner. 

1. THE COMBINATION WITH A REPEATING GUN RECEIVER HAVING A TOP SHELL EJECTOR OPENING, OF AN EJECTED SHELL RECEPTACLE MOUNTED UPON THE RECEIVER AND HAVING A BOTTOM OPENING REGISTERED WITH THE TOP OPENING OF THE RECEIVER, SAID RECEPTACLE COMPRISING END WALLS, FIRST AND SECOND SIDE WALLS, A TOP WALL, AND A PARTIAL BOTTOM WALL, SAID END WALLS HAVING NOTCHES IN THEIR LOWER EDGES RECEIVING THE RECEIVER, SAID NOTCHES HAVING UPPER EDGES BEARING UPON THE TOP OF THE RECEIVER AT THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE EJECTOR OPENING, SAID PARTIAL BOTTOM WALL EXTENDING LATERALLY INWARDLY FROM ONE SIDE WALL AND HAVING AN UPSTANDING PARTITION WALL ALONG ITS LATERALLY INWARD EDGE, SAID PARTITION WALL AND THE OTHER SIDE WALL OF THE RECEPTACLE BEARING AGAINST RELATED SIDES OF THE RECEIVER. 